Farmers' protest highlights: CrPC 144 in Noida on Feb 16 for Bharat Bandh

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1:56 PM

Will the people stop supporting PM Modi if such a huge protest is organised?: Haryana CM

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, on farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal's, "we have to bring graph of PM Modi down" remark, said "This is a political statement. Will the people stop supporting PM Modi if such a huge protest is organised? A message is getting circulated in the public that this is not the right way to protest."

1:53 PM

Making MSP a legal obligation can create complexities: Agricultural economist Ashok Gulati

"Making MSP a legal obligation can create complexities. The best way forward could be to give some protection from market risk to the farmers," says Ashok Gulati, agricultural economist  and professor at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) 

1:50 PM

Farmers' protest LIVE updates: Rail services affected due to farmers' protest

The rail traffic on the Ambala division of the Northern Railway has been affected due to the farmers' protest, an official said.

 

According to Captain Shashi Kiran, the Chief Public Relations Officer of North Western Railway, the following rail services will be impacted due to the farmers' protest:

 

Cancelled Rail Services (from the originating station):

 

-Train number 04753, Bathinda-Shri Ganganagar service, will be cancelled on February 15.Train number 04756, Shri Ganganagar-Bathinda service, will be cancelled on February 15.Partially Cancelled Rail Services (from the originating station):

 

-Train number 14736, Ambala-Shri Ganganagar service, which was supposed to depart from Ambala on February 15, will only run up to Bathinda, meaning it will be cancelled between Bathinda and Shri Ganganagar.

 

-Train number 14735, Shri Ganganagar-Ambala service, will depart from Bathinda on February 15, meaning it will be cancelled between Shri Ganganagar and Bathinda.

 

-Route Altered Rail Service: Train number 19612, Amritsar-Ajmer Express, will be operated via a changed route through Tarn Taran Jn.-Beas on February 15, 2024.

1:48 PM

PM Modi should speak to 3 Union ministers to resolve farmers' demands, says farmer leader

In order to resolve farmers' issues, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher on Thursday said the prime minister should speak to the three visiting Union ministers who will engage in talks with the farmers. Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister Arjun Munda, Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai will talk with farmer leaders at 5:00 pm here over their demands,

12:51 PM

Farmers' protest LIVE updates: Farmers announce 'Bharat bandh' on February 16

Amid the farmers' struggle for the implementation of minimum support price (MSP) laws and other agricultural reforms, the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and Samyukat Kisna have jointly called for a Bharat Bandh on February 16, 2024. This bandh will seek to draw attention to various issues affecting farmers and workers across the country.

12:35 PM

Why is Delhi like a war zone?: Tamil Nadu CM Stalin slams BJP govt's handling of farmers' protest

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin today slammed the centre regarding the security arrangements in Delhi to discourage the Punjab farmers' protest. Stalin criticised the central government in a letter addressed to the DMK cadres regarding the 'Urimaigalai Meetka Stalinin Kural' (Stalin voice to recover the rights) campaign which is set to take place from February 16 to 18 across 40 constituencies. "Why this much arrangement of security in Delhi like a warzone? To silence the protest of our nation's farmers Union BJP Government has created a situation worse than a warzone," CM Stalin stated in the letter.

12:26 PM

Farmer leader alleges police using "military like ammunitions", displays 'smoke shell and rubber bullets'

Policemen were using weapons used by the military against the protesting farmers,  Sarwan Singh Pandher, general secretary of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee said today. At a press conference, the farmer leader showed some ammunition similar to smoke shells and rubber bullets. Pandher, however,  referred to them as ammunition used by the military only.

11:52 AM

'Delhi chalo' LIVE updates: Singhu, Tikri borders remain sealed as farmers' stir enters day 3

Two key border points between Delhi and Haryana -- Tikri and Singhu -- remain closed, although movement was allowed through the Ghazipur border with Uttar Pradesh. Police officials have put up barricades on several roads leading to Parliament and other sensitive locations in central Delhi.

 

11:47 AM

LIVE news: Don't want Centre to say farmers didn't come to table to talk, says farmer leader

"We do not want to give any room to the Centre for saying that it was inviting us but we did not accept it," said farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher  on holding talks with union ministers.

10:30 AM

Farmers' protest LIVE news: Traffic affected at GT Karnal road

10:28 AM

"Guarantee of doubling a farmer's income - false": Rahul Gandhi takes jab at PM Modi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi today on a range of issues today. "Modi ji, before 'new guarantees', calculate the 'old guarantees'," Rahul Gandhi posted in Hindi on X. "The Prime Minister, who has been roaming around with a microscope of false dreams for the last 10 years, is running a business of fraud in the country," the Congress leader claimed.

10:21 AM

Farmers protest LIVE news updates: Protesting farmers to block toll plazas

News agency PTI reported today that the Samyukta Kisan Morcha has decided to hold protests at toll plazas from 11 am till 2 pm.

10:16 AM

Farmers' protest march LIVE news: 'Rail roko' to begin at 12:00 pm

The Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) and BKU Dakaunda (Dhaner) have announced 'rail roko' (rail blockade) in Punjab today. Protesting farmers will squat on rail tracks at seven locations from 12 noon to 4 pm.

9:48 AM

Confident that a positive solution will emerge from meeting with Union ministers: Farmer leader

"We are going to attend the meeting in a completely positive mood today, and we have full confidence that a positive solution will emerge from this meeting," General Secretary of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee Sarvan Singh Pandher said.

9:24 AM

We should be allowed to protest peacefully, says farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher

We want Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a dialogue with farmers or else we should be allowed to protest peacefully, said the General Secretary of the Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Sarvan Singh Pandher. He told news agency ANI today, "We have a meeting with the Union ministers today. We want PM Modi to have a conversation with them so that we can solve our demands."